Table of contents

1.      Introduction 3

1.1 Issues and aims                                                                                4

2.      Horizontal versus vertical relations                              5

2.1 Paternalism and patriarchalism                                                                                    5

2.2 Organization                                                                                                         8

2.3 Participation                                                                                                         11

2.4 Research questions                                                                                    12

3.      Method 13

3.1Interviews 14

3.2 The participant observation 14

4.      The context 15

4.1 The social organization of the hacienda system and it’s break-down 15

            4.2 The CCV-system in the district of Limatambo                                                                     17

5. The peasant community of Uratari                        19

                    5.1 The population of Uratari as part of the hacienda                                                              19

                    5.2 The organization after the land reform                                                                                 20

                    5.3 Elections and participation                                                                                                     22

                    5.4 The relation with the local government                                                                                24

6. The women committee                        27

6.1 The introduction of the CCV-system                        28

6.2 Participation and elections                                29

6.3 The productive activities                                31

6.4 The relation with the local government                        33

7. Organizations representing the peasants at the district level            35

7.1 Participation                                        36

7.2 The relation of the CCV-system                                38

7.3 Codecal and Fedical after the CCV-system                        39

8. Conclusion                               42

References                              45